I hope you're all finding ways to stay warm today! On days like this all I want to do is go home, go directly to my bed and hibernate in a nest of blankets with a bottomless mug of hot chocolate...that sounds really good right about now. Another thing I loved on cold days was when I would come home from school and the whole house smelled like soup. I know that's not very descriptive but in my household there was only one soup that my mom made consistently, it was kind of like tortilla soup but jacked up. I definitely could go for a bowl...or three right now!
If you haven't noticed I'm a hard core rambler, so I'll apologize in advance for the next 360 something posts I've got left!
Memory #3
I have to warn you this memory is going to make my mom and I look like freaks but sometimes when you're in the moment nothing seems weird. This would be one of those moments. Back in my junior year of high school my mom and I were sprawled out on top of her bed working no something when this commercial for Orkins came on. Let me tell you this was definitely one of the weirdest commercials I've ever watched.
So before I continue watch this splendid commercial-
Uhmmm WEIRD RIGHT!? Don't get me wrong though all the Orkin commercials are super strange but this one made my mom and I just flat out lose it! So it became a normal thing for us to randomly say "Mmmm sugar." Even when it made no sense but usually it was in the private comforts of our house/car.
One day though my mom took me out of school for a 'college visit' to wonderful College Station and of course we had to find a place to stop and eat. So we decided to eat at Boston's over on University Dr. which if you've ever been there its not super fancy but its kind of like an upscale bar...maybe? Anyways it wasn't the place to have a freak moment like we did. So we ate our lunch(/maybe dinner who knows) and we had decided to get dessert. So while we were looking over the menu my mom slowly (and super creepy like) whispered "MMmmmm sugaarrrrrr." and without hesitation I whispered right back "MMmmm sugaarrr." The waiter had just walked up to witness this, to his favor made no face of concern and asked us for our order. We got some kind of brownie type thing and seriously the whole time between every bite "Mmmm sugar." It was almost like a competition to see who could be the creepiest and this poor waiter had to put up with all this. We were just sitting there oblivious to the weirdness and having the time of our lives. When the check came we paid and on the back of the receipt, that you leave on the table, we naturally wrote "Mmmm sugar."
I hope this sounds as funny as I remember it being or at least reminds you of how weird my mom was and how much she embraced it.
Have a good day! (And stay warm!)
Love always,
Erin
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The more giggles you can find in this world, the better! With Susan and your Mom, their giggle with me was "Birds!" Ask Susan.
ReplyDeleteI can totally see you guys doing this. Your mom had a weird and funny sense of humor - just like you and your dad and your bro. That's one of the reasons ya'll are awesome!!!!
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